Healthy Byte - Don’t Carry Around That Baggage!

Healthy Child
Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Plastic bags have a pervasive presence in our everyday lives. They hold our groceries, line our trashcans, clean up after our animals, and carry our lunches to work. Once used and discarded, plastic bags disappear into land and ocean fills, and more come to take their place. But their post-consumer life has surprisingly far-reaching consequences for wildlife, the environment, local economies, and even our health.

A little-known statistic is that each disregarded plastic bag can take up to 1000 years to decompose. In fact, plastic bags do not biodegrade, they photodegrade. This means they break down slowly into toxic microscopic particles called petro-polymers. The particles contaminate soil and waterways, sometimes entering the food chain and endangering animal health and, eventually, that of humans as well.

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Posted by greenhome  on  10/06  at  05:11 PM

Hi there,
We are an environmental small business, selling green products that reduce our use of environmental resources.  We would like to let everyone know that it is well known that many local stores allow for the drop-off of plastic bags, from plastics manufacturing companies to grocery stores such as Trader Joe’s, Luckys, Whole Foods, and Foods Co.  Please learn to recycle, as it affects us all!